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Scientists long thought that when RNA kick-started life on Earth 4 billion years ago , it could form only small, simple structures. But new research
This year’s El Niño will almost certainly become the strongest ever recorded, an analysis by a prominent climate researcher has warned. Though other scientists have
U.S. health officials have identified shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell as one source of contamination behind an outbreak of parasitic infections affecting over
Up to 90% of Earth’s population may be able to see the enormous “God of Chaos” asteroid Apophis zoom past our planet in less than
QUICK FACTS Name: Tianchi Lake, or Heaven Lake Location: China-North Korea border Coordinates: 42.0091, 128.0593 Why it’s incredible: It is the deepest lake in China
Solve the math puzzle from our August 2026 issue, in which a family investigates an odd happening.
The brine-formed meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey roof in 2024 could teach us about how life first arrived on Earth.
Several ancient Egyptian princesses buried with bows, arrows and a dagger may have trained with those weapons during their lives, possibly using them while hunting
Analysis of six mummies from ancient Egypt challenges the idea that the bows and daggers buried with some royal women were merely ceremonial.
A Maya calendar formula bears the name Sak Tahn Waax, the first known Classic Maya mathematician-astronomer directly credited for such work.
Archaeologists in Spain have discovered the remains of a 2,400-year-old bronze chariot that was used to honor the gods and may have had links to
Two physicists have used generative artificial intelligence (AI) to solve a stubborn mathematical problem in physics that had vexed researchers for more than a decade.
In the Picture of the Month from the James Webb Space Telescope, we are taken on a visit to a building site of significant scale.
Astronomers found a helium atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet — a good sign for the search for life outside the solar system.
